A case-study of the low-latitude thermosphere during geomagnetic storms and its new representation by improved MSIS model

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1513-1518

  Pant, T K ^a   Sridharan, R ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Low latitude thermosphere; MSIS model; Stormtime model predictions, FP spectroscopic temperatures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542373764     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-1513-8     Document Type: Article

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